PFF ranks the starting running backs in the NFL

Pro Football Focus put out an article recently going over the running back groups and tandems in the NFL. The Chargers ranking may surprise you. Looking at the list, it’s heavily weighted on the starter. The New Orleans Saints are ranked number one of the list because they essentially have two started in Mark Ingram and Alvin Kamara. Not to mention that Kamara has a chance to be a special back in this league.

As you keep scrolling, you see the Steelers, Cardinals, Cowboys, and the Chiefs. So as much of a group ranking as this may seem, it’s about the starters. Continue to scroll and you get outside of the top 10 before you see the Chargers. Then at 15, here is what they had to say:

“Melvin Gordon has been blessed over the course of his NFL career with run-blocking that ranked 26th in 2017, 28th in 2016, and 31st in 2015. That may help explain his paltry yards per carry, but his grades and advanced stats have been solid over that span. Gordon’s 62 total broken tackles were the second most in the NFL last year.”

Is 15th fair?

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